Medical Tests Medical Tests Certifications PTCE Questions & Answers

• Question 151:

  CORRECT TEXT Difference between a prescription order and a medication order

  Correct Answer: Prescription order is GIVEN to the patient to have filled. A medication order is written by a physician in an institution and kept in ONE sheet of paper in a file for all staff to use.

• Question 152:

  CORRECT TEXT Refill requests procedure

  Correct Answer: Technicians can do refill requests, they must provide: -pharmacy NAME and PHONE number -patients NAME and DOB -drug NAME,STRENGTH, DOSAGE(QUANTITY) -directions to confirm NO CHANGE -date of LAST REFILL When refills are authorized document the number of refills, the date, and the name of the person authorizing.

• Question 153:

  CORRECT TEXT

  Prescription LABEL requirements. FDCA (REGULATES)

  Correct Answer: Food, drug, and cosmetics act. -name and adress of Pharmacy -rx number -dates -name of prescriber -name of patient -directions (dosage) -quantity, manufacturer, expiration, initials of dispensing pharmacists, pharmacy

  phone number, refills.

• Question 154:

  CORRECT TEXT Referring patients to PharmD

  Correct Answer: If the question being asked does NOT have a FACTUAL answer ex. What is the generic name for xanax? Than the tech MUST refer the patient to the pharmD. Because: 1. Drug-Drug interactions 2. Drug-Disease state interactions 3. Drug-Food interactions -aspirin and coumadin interact could cause internal bleeding. -sudafed worsens high blood pressure and diabetes -absorption of cipro, tertacycline decrease when taken with food. Absorption of ketoconazole increase when taken with fatty foods. Grapefruit interacts with calcium channel blockers and estrogens. warfarin interacts with food high in vitamin k

• Question 155:

  CORRECT TEXT Dosage Forms-Tablets

  Correct Answer: most popular -mechanically compressed -dissolution in stomach (slow)

• Question 156:

  CORRECT TEXT Chewable tablets

  Correct Answer: Chewed and dissolved in the mouth prior to swallowing, can be swallowed whole.

• Question 157:

  CORRECT TEXT Enteric-coated tablets

  Correct Answer: -special coating to prevent dissolution within the stomach -meant to dissolve in the intestined only. -NEVER TO CHEW OR BRAKE OR CRUSHED prior to ingesting -not to be taken with anti-acids which cause diissolution in the stomach

• Question 158:

  CORRECT TEXT Sub-lingual tablets

  Correct Answer: -placed under the tongue where active ingridient is rapidly absorbed into the BLOODSTREAM. fast absorption -Avoids the first pass effect (where drug circulates through out the body before it is broken down by the liver

• Question 159:

  CORRECT TEXT Buccal tablets

  Correct Answer: -between cheek and gum -drug is dissolved slowly over a period of time

• Question 160:

  CORRECT TEXT

  Film-coated tablets (biaxin and depakote)

  Correct Answer: special coating that masks the objectionable odor or taste -prevents deterioration due to light and air.